Double shade and curtain bracket.



N0. 803,381. PATENTED OCT. 3l, 1905. G. W. WIGGINS.

DOUBLE SHADE AND CURTAIN BRACKET.

APPLIoATIoN FILED 2213.22.1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DOUBLE SHADE AND CURTAIN BRACKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 31, 1905.

Application filed February 8, 1905. Serial No. 244.721.

To @ZZ whom it ntcty concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. WIGGINs, a citizen of the United States, residing atBridgeport, county of Fairfield, State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Double Shade and Curtain Bracket, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to fixtures for supporting shades and curtains, and has for its object to produce adjustable brackets that will carry either one or two shades together with a lace or other curtain, independent brackets being provided for each shade, so that the two shades need not necessarily be of exactly the same width.

It is of course well understood that it is now a common practice to hang two shades before a window, the outer shade being of a colon to match the shades in adjoining rooms and the inner shade being opaque in order to serve as a protection for finely-upholstered furniture or to shut out the light from sleepingapartments. Owing to the fact that the rollers of stock shades are apt to vary more or less in length and that it is difficult to put up shades in rigid fixtures, it is desirable that the brackets of each pair be adjustable toward and from each other, so that they need not be removed from the woodwork in putting up new shades, but may be readily shifted to accommodate shades of varying length within reasonable limits. It is furthermore well understood that in finely-furnished rooms lace and other curtains are hung before windows in addition to the shades, so that unless special combination-brackets are provided three independent brackets are required upon each side of a window, these numerous brackets being both unsightly and inconvenient and necessitating the making of many screw or nail holes in the woodwork. In order to overcome these objections and provide a singlel fixture that will carry one end of inner and outer shades and shall be independently adjustable to accommodate shades of dii'erent width and shall also provide a support for a curtain-pole, I have devised the novel double shade and curtain bracket, which I will now describe, referring to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and using reference characters to indicate the several parts.

Figure 1 is an elevation illustrating a set of my novel brackets as in use, inner and outer shades being indicated by dotted lines. Figs.

2 and 3 are end views, the woodwork being in section, illustrating the brackets for the opposite sides of a window; and Fig. 4 is a detail sectional View illustrating the manner in which the shade-brackets are independently locked in place.

My novel bracket comprises a base-plate 10, adapted for attachment to the woodwork of a window-casing by means of` nails or screws 11. Each base-plate is provided with upper and lower longitudinal dovetail grooves, (indicated, respectively, by 12 and 18.) These grooves are engaged by dovetails 14 on upper and lowerholding-bars,(denoted, respectively, by 15 and 16.) The dovetails fit the grooves just closely enough so that they will remain securely in position, but may be readily driven out by light taps of a hammer should it be required to hang one shade only either with or without a curtain and to remove such portions of the fixture as were not required for use.

17 denotes the outer-shade brackets-that is, brackets for an outer shade-one outer bracket in each pair being provided with a round hole 18 and the other with an angular opening 19 to receive the respective attaching ends of a shade-roller. Each of these brackets is provided with an upwardly and inwardly extending curtain-pole bracket 20, which is provided with an angular recess 21 to adapt it to receive and support a curtain-pole of any shape or size.

22 d enotes the inner-shade brackets-that is, brackets for an inner shade;one bracket in each pair being provi-ded with a round hole 18 and the otherwith an angular opening 19 'to receive the respective attaching ends of a shade-roller.

Each of theI brackets 17 and 22 is provided with an attaching-plate 23, which is provided with an undercut groove Q4 to adapt it to slide over one of the holding-bars 15 or 16, setscrews 25 being provided to lock the brackets in place on the bars.

26 denotes gibs which may be placed bet'ween the ends of the set-screws and the holding bars, as clearly shown in Fig. 4. These gibs extend longitudinally of the attaching-plates and are provided with heads 27, adapted to lie on opposite sides of the attaching-plates to retain the gibs in place, as is clearly shown in the drawings.

The parts of the fixture are all so designed that they may be cast or blanked out from sheet metal, as preferred.

The operation in use will be so obvious as IOO to hardly require further description. The base-plates when once attached to the window casings need never be removed. lf but one shade is to be hung, either brackets 17 or 22 maybe used, and they may be placed upon either the upper or lower holding-bar, as preferred. If a curtain is to be hung in addition to the shade, brackets 17 will of course be used and would ordinarily be placed upon the lower holding-bar 16; but that is immaterial. Having slid the brackets for either one or. two shades over the holding-bars, they are adjusted on the holding-bars to place the shade or shades central with the window and then locked in place by tightening' up the set-screws. rlhe hanging of a shade or pair of shades and a curtain-carrying pole is a very simple matter, requiring the use of no tools whatever.

Having thus described my invention, I claimm l. A double shade and curtain bracket comprising a base-plate, upper and lower detachable holding-bars, outer and inner shade brackets adjustable on said holding-bars and a curtain-pole bracket extending from the innershade bracket and having a recess to receive a curtain-pole.

2. A double shade and curtain bracket cornprising a base-plate having longitudinal dovetail grooves, upper and lower holding-bars having' dovetails engaging said grooves, shadebrackets adjustable on the holding-bars and set-screws for locking the shade-brackets after adjustment.

3. A shade and curtain bracket comprising a base-plate having a longitudinal dovetail groove, a holding-bar having a dovetail engaging' said groove, a shade-bracket having an attaching-plate provided with an undercut groove to receive the holding-bar, a set-screw for locking the bracket in position and a gib lying between the point of the set-screw and the holding-bar and having heads lying on opposite sides of the attaching-plate.

.In testimony whereoil I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE W. VVIGGINS.

Vitnesses:

WILLIAM G. VHEELER, ELMER H. RoBER'rs. 

